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Kantia Population - Khordha, Orissa

Kantia is a large village located in Jatani Block of Khordha district, Orissa with total 549 families residing. The Kantia village has population of 2621 of which 1362 are males while 1259 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantia village population of children with age 0-6 is 242 which makes up 9.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantia village is 924 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantia as per census is 862, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Kantia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantia village was 90.33 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kantia Male literacy stands at 93.51 % while female literacy rate was 86.92 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kantia village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kantia village.

Kantia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 549 - -
Population 2,621 1,362 1,259
Child (0-6) 242 130 112
Schedule Caste 376 195 181
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.33 % 93.51 % 86.92 %
Total Workers 816 718 98
Main Worker 598 - -
Marginal Worker 218 167 51

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.35 % of total population in Kantia village. The village Kantia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantia village out of total population, 816 were engaged in work activities. 73.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 816 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.